Decatur Democrat, Volume 44, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 26 April 1900 — Page 7

The First Monday io May IS the last day fcr paying your Spring installment of taxes without the penalty attached. remember THE date. JONAS NEUENSCHWANDER, COUNTY TREASURER.

Supper at the M. E. chureh tonight. \V A. Lower returned to his duties it Indianapolis Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rieter were ] b '. quests of the latter’s parents at geneva over Sunday. I Remember the “Princess Bon|ie'' opera at the opera house Thurs|ay and Friday, May 3 and 4. I \ good hot supper that will surely Intisfv you at the Methodist lecture Kom this evening from five to seven. I Henry Bremerkamp is building a Beautiful porch which will add charm this already handsome Fifth street Lme. ■ You should secure your seats fcrly for the “Princess Bonnie” opera It Bosse’s opera house Thursday and ■riday of next week. I Mr. Young representing the Scribler Magazine Company, was in the Bfv vesterday looking after his collections and other interests for the ■Miss Hattie Studabaker is with us Kin in a description of foreign lands ■seen bv her. You will do yourself injustice should you fail to read heir well written thoughts. I A telegram was received yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. AV. H. Meyers an- | imeing the death of Mrs Meyers' g, le. William Rutan, at Ashley, Ohio. T|ev left for, that place last evening. * Kirs. 1.. G. Ellingham and daughter, ■nifred, returned Monday from an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. M. BlMiller at Washington, D. C. They K ed at AVinchester Saturday afteri. Sundaying with friends in that BV the Burt house will be found a kjL invoice of choice California Kes. These wines are not only atjictlv pure, but are of old vintage. Mev are highly spoken of by the Klical-fraternity as a strength p* dtf i The following brands are in s»k for von to select from: Port, Maderia. Sherry, M agelica. Blackberry Bindy. and Angelica. A Pure wine is L Ito find. 7-ts

<THE WARM WAVE HAS GOMEt» House Cleaning is on Hand. We Have Prepared For Your Wants. ...NEW STYLISH CARPETS AND CURTAINS... to the great advance in wool and cotton, all manntacttiied aiticies have advanced .t.om 15 to 35 per cent. We placed our orders early and are still offering all our carpets and curtains at the same old prices, and we carry all the standard makes. We offer a strictly all-wool, extra super PfL Good Quality Brussels, Latest Designs. Extra Fine Quality Brussels. Another BP Ingrain, while they last, fine line patterns HI IP A rare bargain that should interest you. ||B|i money saver. ( *jh Your choice (per yard) - - (JUU At (per yard.) ----- At (per yard)j U /I LL latesest patterns in Velvet, Mo- curtains From deFORE making your purchase call /A quettes, and Axministers at the 50 cents O and see our immense assortment, old prices. Quality guaranteed. Small We have the largest open stock in and large rugs. i7 5° P er i )air - Decatur. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW YOU. NIBLICK & COMPANY.

Bicyle suits, pants and caps at The Big Store. L. C. Miller is at Indianapolis this week attending to business of various descriptions. Bicycles, standard makes, guaranteed to be right. Prices 50 per cent below others at The Big Store. AVanted - Girl to work in Decatur Steam Loundry. Must be quick and steady. Inquire at laundry at onece. The AA est End Grocery Company have an attractive display elsewhere ' in this issue, by reading which you will profit much. Young men of the city gave an informal dance at Meibers’s hall last . evening. Quite a crowd attended and , a good time was had. Fred Hill, of the Burt house, who has been attending to business at Omaha, Nebraska, for several weeks, is expected to arrive home the early part of next week. Ross Johnson, who has had very poor health during the past year, is at AVest Baden trying the waters from the noted springs thereabout. He , will be absent about two weeks. Tonight at the I. O. O. F. hall, the Odd Fellows, their wives and families will celebrate the seventy-first anniversary of their introduction into America. The event will be appropri- . ately observed. An infant child of Simon Myers died at the home several miles south of the city Tuesday morning, after a several days illness. The child was less than a year old. Funeral services ' will be held this morning from the house. The Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church, assisted by the Queen Esther Girls, will give a dinner in the dining room of the church, Thursday evening from sto 7. Price 25 cents. Everybody cordially invited. Dr. H. F. Costeilo has rented the front rooms in the Meibers block over Holman’s shoe store and will remove his office there witnin a few days. Dr. Beavers, who now occupies these quarters, will soon remove into the Steele building on Monroe street. The remains of AValter Hoskinson, the Monmouth bov. who was killed in battle in the Phillipines about three months ago, are expected to arrive here today or tomorrow, word having been received that his body had i left San Francisco last Thursday. Barney Terveer is the boss fisherman so far this season. He was down river a short time Tuesday afternoon ' and came back through town with a string of carp four feet long. No this is no dream; no fish story, but actual facts. He caught them and can do it again. One of the fish was a beauty, weighing about five pounds.

a" Get your supper at the M. E. lecture room this evening. ’ The Big Store have an important s j announcement for your observation ■ elsewhere in this issue. ; Dick France left Monday for Ann t Arbor. Michigan, where he will complete his second year’s work. r A number of guesses as to the popI ulation of Decatur have been register- . ed at H. A. Fristoe’s Smoke House. Jerry Coffee is having an addition j built to his home on AVinchester i street, and the conveniences realized thereby will be many. This evening you can do a good deed and get even more than your 1 noneys worth at the lecture room of the M. E. church. Be there. > Miss Nellie Blackburn, Mrs. Newton Parrish and L. C. Miller, as dele- , gates from the Decatur Eastern Star ■ l°dge, are at Indianapolis attending a state meeting of that order. The Burt House has been doing an : enviable business this week, as may be i seen by a glance at at the register, > which shows that on Monday alone fifty-four guests were registered. ' Will Dorwin the popular assistant at the Erie freight house was taken into the Masonic lodge Tuesday even- > ing and now winks most wisely at the various members as he passes. AVhile working for the Decatur Egg i Case company last Thursday, Boyd i Price had his right hand badly hurt by allowing it to come too closely into contact with one of the saws at i the hoop mill. Will Porter, who has been employ- , ed at Moser’s gallery for several months, is at Delphos, Ohio, this week. He will probably purchase a gallery in that city and expects to remove there in about a week, should ■ the deal be consumated. Uncle Jonathan Reed, 101 years old, hale and hearty as he was a score of years ago, was in the city Monday and called to see us. Uncle Johnny is certainly a wonder, and has had more experiences during the past century than any man living today. F. M. Schirmeyer. E. X. Ehinger, John D. Hale and .1. T. Merryman, directors of the telephone company are at Ossian and Sheldon today viewing the grounds and entertaining a proposition to extend their wires to ' those places. | Under the head “Announce ; ment” R. B. Gregory has much to say this week with regards to his new carriage painting shop. He also an- ! nounces that he is the agent for _ the Kelley and the Calumet rubber tires, ! which can be fitted to any wheels. Take your buggy to him, have it repainted and rubber tires added and you won't know it is the same rig Read his display ad on another page.

Special With Rare Bargainsand Opportunities ° o ' - " — 300 pairs of Boys’ Knee Pants, Avorth 25c and 35c go at 15c a pair. Child’s Vestee Suits. They are a shower of beauty and style, from ordinary to the finest quality, to the mother’s delight and ease of the pocket book. Fancy vests for little fellows, ages 6 to 15 years. Boys’ and Youth’s suits in all the latest shades and designs at money-saving prices. 100 Boy’s suits, Avorth $1.50, go at 75c each. In Men’s Clothing Ave are headquarters for those Avho dress Avell, and the economic buyers. r Easter Neckwear has arrived, and will please you if you inspect it. Easter Hats in Derby, Aasha, Crusher, Fedora and other shapes—50c to $3.00 \ 40 dozen caps at 25c apiece, Tnese are made of fine Cassimeres and Worsteds, in shades to match the suits, and worth 50c at least. Calll and get one before all are gone. FREE —with each purchase of $lO or over, a fine Thermometer, or Atlas checks Avith each purchase of 25 cents. Call and be convinced of rare bargains at GUS ROSENTHAL'S, THE SQUARE MAN.